1993 Medellin base raid

The 1993 Medellin base raid was a raid carried out by the Colombian Search Bloc special forces against Medellin Cartel mercenaries at a staging base in the countryside. The mercenaries had been hired by Pablo Escobar to prepare for an attack on the Cali Cartel's base of Montecasino, and they were waiting for the arrival of Escobar, his assassin Juan Diego Diaz, and their paymasters Ricardo Prisco and Rojas. However, Diaz killed Prisco and Rojas before he was captured by the DEA, who forced him to give up the location of the staging base. The DEA supervised a Search Bloc raid on the base, with Search Bloc snipers killing a few men before the soldiers opened fire with automatic rifles. All of the mercenaries were killed, but Escobar did not arrive, as he sensed that something was wrong when Diaz did not answer his calls. The result of the raid was Escobar going into hiding for over a month, as almost all of his allies were dead or in prison.